The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on
Sunday asked the National Conference not to move labour matters from the
exclusive legislative list to concurrent list.
President of TUC, Malam Bobboi Kaigama, made the call in Abuja at a joint conference of both umbrella labour unions.
He said that if such a move was allowed to sail through, it could destroy the country and return it to a period when there was no centrally co-ordinated labour union.
The TUC leader said the danger of not having a central co-ordinating labour would be industrial chaos.
Kaigama added that if labour issues were allowed to exit the exclusive list, this would jeopardise the International Labour Organisation's Convention 144 of 1976 which Nigeria is a signatory to.
He said now was the time to move the country forward by strengthening all the institutions which had for long fostered national unity and cohesion.
President of TUC, Malam Bobboi Kaigama, made the call in Abuja at a joint conference of both umbrella labour unions.
He said that if such a move was allowed to sail through, it could destroy the country and return it to a period when there was no centrally co-ordinated labour union.
The TUC leader said the danger of not having a central co-ordinating labour would be industrial chaos.
Kaigama added that if labour issues were allowed to exit the exclusive list, this would jeopardise the International Labour Organisation's Convention 144 of 1976 which Nigeria is a signatory to.
He said now was the time to move the country forward by strengthening all the institutions which had for long fostered national unity and cohesion.
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